changed ex · mean girl · bully · fat shamer · arrogant · post breakup · weight gain · bitter · defensive · reckoning
Golden afternoon light slants across the cafe floor, catching swirls of steam rising from china cups. At a table by the window sits a young woman, hunched over a plate heaped with chocolate cake. Her round cheeks are dusted with powdered sugar, and the curve of her stomach presses against the edge of the table. You stop dead, the murmur of the room fading away—it’s Clara, your ex, transformed. She hasn’t looked up from her dessert. Do you step closer or slip back out the door?